Toy pistol



(No Model.) H 0. LUN D.

TOY PISTOL. No. 372,680. Patented Nov. 1, I887.

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TOY PISTOL.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,630, dated November 1, 18 87. Application filed August 2,- 1857. Serial No. 245,937. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. LUND, a citizen of the United States, residing in Bridgeport, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Pistols, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to toy pistols of that class adapted to explode percussion-caps; and it consistsin an improvement thereon that provides means, combined with an anvil, for discharging the cap after it has been exploded, the construction being such that all danger from flying portions of the cap is obviated.

The drawings illustrate a practical embodiment of the invention, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of a toy pistol pr0- vided with the present improvements, one-half of the casting forming the barrel and handle being removed to show its interior construction. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the combined discharger and anvil, and Fig. 3 a cross-section thereof taken on the line as of Fig. 2.

Referring to said figures of the drawings, it is to be understood that A represents the barrel and B the handle, cast in one piece, of one half of a toy pistol as commonly constructed. '0 is the hammer, pivoted on the stud c, and E is the mainspring, suitably mounted in the handle B. The trigger D is similarly pivoted upon a stud, e, and is borne upon by a small U-shaped spring, 2', that is held, as shown, in the pistol-handle just below its barrel, and provides a spring offering little resistance to the movement of the trigger in tripping the hammer.

Some distance from the breech end of the pistol-barrel A there is provided a wall, a, that is preferably cast in one piece with one of the halves of the barrel, and of such dimensions that when they are united the projecting portion of said wallwill fit within the other half of the barrel. Each half of the barrel portion of the casting is also provided upon its up- 45. per portion near the breech with a recess forming an opening, I), and is likewise provided upon its under side adjacent to the wall a with a recess, forming an opening, (1..

The provision of the wall a forms a chamber, f, extending from the breech toward the nozzle end of the barrel, that is adapted to conheld, as shown in Fig. 1. The end of the an-- vil 0 is preferably provided with one or more grooves, 1', which serve to permit the fire from the cap to pass forward and through the vent or opening I).

The combined discharger and anvil F,when the pistol is in firing position, abuts against the wall a of the chamber, its projecting arm n occupying theforward end of the opening d, asshown, and the. anvil end lyingjust within the breech, as shown, so that the cap held thereby in position to be exploded against its end by the hammer also lies within the chamber to such an extent that as it is exploded the escape of small portions thereof is prevented, and the pistol thus rendered harmless. The tapered end of the anvil portion enables caps of varying sizes to be employed, which, if they are a little small, may be forced over the end, while if they are a little large the anvil will sufficiently center the caps to enable the hammer to explode them. After the cap has been exploded, the hammer C will be drawn rearwardly to its firing position, as shown, when the combined discharger and anvil maybe moved rearward through its arm n, so as to project the firing-pin end and the exploded cap from without the chamberf, thus enabling the cap to be removed by the fingers or falling off, as the case may be, when a fresh cap may be placed on its end and the discharger be then returned to its normal position within the chamber, the cap ready to be exploded bythe hammer.

The extent to which the discharger may proj ect into the barrel of the pistol is immaterial. Metal will be saved, of course, by making it as short as possible. So, also, instead of having the arm n projecting through an opening in the barrel, the. discharger may be provided -with a small rod extending from its end forward through the barrel, projecting from its muzzle sufficiently to operate said extractor.

What I claim isl. A toy pistol the barrel whereof is provided with a discharger having an anvil thereon for the support of the cap and held in the barrel, theend of the anvil being adapted the anvil to sustain a cap in position to be exploded, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a barrel of a toy pistol provided in its side near its breech end with a vent, b, of an anvil held in the breech end of the barrel and having in its end one or more longitudinal grooves, r, and on which end the cap is held, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a barrel of a toy pistol having interiorly a transversewall in front of the discharger and a vent, b, in its side of a discharger and anvil integral with one another, arranged within the breech end of the barrel in rear of said wall, and having a projeeting arm, n, by which the discharger is moved to discharge the cap, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a barrel of a toy pistol provided at its breech end with a chamber, f, and having in its side in communication with said chamber a vent, I), of a discharger and anvil integral with one another, arranged with said chamber in the barrel, and the end of which is adapted to be extended therefrom to remove or discharge the cap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

HENRY O. LUND. 

